Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2000, 11:07 PM EDT for Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2000, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2000, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | West Liberty, KY | |
| Jul 10, 11:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dehart, KY | Trees down. |
| Jul 10, 11:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone, KY | Trees down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KJKL 110308
TORJKL
KYC175-205-110345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1107 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST LIBERTY
SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRIGLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
MOREHEAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
2 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTTLE...4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKFORK...5
MILES NORTHEAST OF MALONE AT 1115 PM EDT
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3812 8342 3808 8348 3783 8327 3792 8305
HALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Owsley | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 49 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.